depot
noun /ˈdepəʊ/
/ˈdiːpəʊ/
- a place where large amounts of food, goods or equipment are stored
(大量物品的)贮藏处,仓库 - an explosion at an arms depot
发生在军火库的爆炸 - The company also has access to a large storage depot on the outskirts of the city.
该公司还可以进入市郊的一个大型仓库。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- distribution
- storage
- supply
- …
- an explosion at an arms depot
- (British English) a place where buses or other vehicles are kept and repaired
车库;修车厂 - on its way back to the bus depot
回公共汽车站的途中
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- distribution
- storage
- supply
- …
- on its way back to the bus depot
- (North American English) a small station where trains or buses stop
火车小站;公共汽车小站 - The bus depot is on Lincoln Avenue.
公共汽车站在林肯大街上。 - The museum is in the old railroad depot building.
博物馆在旧的铁路车辆段大楼里。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- distribution
- storage
- supply
- …
- The bus depot is on Lincoln Avenue.
词源late 18th cent. (in the sense ‘act of depositing’): from French dépôt, from Latin depositum ‘something deposited’from Latin deposit- ‘laid aside’, from the verb deponere.